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Letter "P" » pardon
«The kiss of sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth»
Author: Dorothy Frances Gurney
| About:
Forgiveness,
God
| Keywords:
anywhere, birds, mirth, nearer, on earth, pardon, pardoning, pardons, song, Song of the, The Birds, The Kiss, The Song of
«The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.»
Author: Joseph Roux
| Keywords:
pardon
«What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? / And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? / How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? / I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? / And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.»
«Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.»
«We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause; Good kings, who disemboweled for a tax; Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy; Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs; And damned the general world for standing up. Now, may the good God pardon all good men!»
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
| Keywords:
easy chair, God damn, jeopardy, pardon, patriots, popes, risked, stamped, statesmen
«Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon -- the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.»
«Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to some one, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
arrange, come on, engaged, engagement, engagements, hardly a, inform, pardon, unpleasant
«What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.»
«We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies it is the first law of nature.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
each other, errors, First Law, follies, full, law, law of nature, mutually, pardon, pardoning, pardons, weakness
«The stars are dead; the animals will not look:/ We are left alone with our day, and the time is short and / History to the defeated / May say Alas but cannot help or pardon.»
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